Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29

THE DOG THAT IS H1T, FOWLS.

MESSING
THE DOG THAT IS HIT, HowLs.
ED. HERALD:---It is an old, but true
saying, that "the dog that is hit, howls".
Judging from an article in "rhe True
Republican" ofJuly 22d, some ole con-
nected with that paper must have been
badly hurt by "a Casual Observer. In
the first article the editor starts cut -
as usual - with great self-assurance,
1t GA Casual Observer" had not left
those Ginger marks" and his stamp up
on the article, it might, Gin the Repub-
leans opinion,l have had some weight
with the casual observing public"
Does the Republican flatter itself. into
the belief that the public is blind p
Long before the present" editor of
"The Republican" set his feet :on Jer-
auld county soil, the public began to
observe few things. Who of us, pre-
sent at the first county convention, fell
ed to notice how things were 10 be run
in our county for a few years. that lis,
until the public had their eyes opened
to the true conditioned affairs? Who
controlled the first convention? A
handful of men from one township.
with little help from another town
ship. Have any of us"forgotten the
means then used to secure the votes of
the necessary number of delega tes?
Who controlled the second convention
held in our county? Were the faces
familiar and conspicuous, as being
among those who controlled the first
one? OF course there were changes,
new deals having been made, and new
interests created, but the setting up of
things was done by practically Che same
men. The convention to elect delegates
to go 70 Huron is so'recent, that it is
scarcely necessary to'refresh the men,
DRY of those present as to who were the
controlling spirits. In counties where
the twopolitical parties are nearly of
equal strength, it is necessary to have
leaders who are sharp, shrewd men,
men who will be quick to notice every
weak point in the enemies lines and
take advantage accordingly. In Jerauld
county this condition OF affairs does
not exist, and It would be far better for
us, if the plain, common people were
allowed to have a little hand in the
management Of our home matters, in
stead of it's being done for them by a
few scheeming,w ire-pulling politicians,
as has been the case for the past three
years. Some will say, the people will
not turn out, and the few willing ones
must do the work. AS long as our far
mers know, they will be coming to a
convention simply to ratify cut-and-
dried programme, they are not likely to
waste their time in attending conven-
tions and caucuses. Now their only
chance is to play the mule and kick on
election day. That some pretty yigor-
Gus kicking was done last fall is well
remembered by some Of our county of.
icers. "The True Republican" has
ever held lip to odium the kickers
against, = as they term them, = the
regular party-nominees. Why, my dear
| sir, that is the only mode we have of
asserting our manhood, under the cir
cumstances. Independence in politics
is very healthy thing for commune
ty, and our political bosses may as we'll
make up their minds, that they will
have more, instead of less, of it in the
future. "The Herald has eyer been a
thorn in the flesh, to "The True Repub-
lican''. The edict went forth last fall,
that "The Herald" must be crushed, be-
cause the politicians could not control
it. The people think otherwise, for they
know the great good thoroughly in
dependent paper is to community
"rhe True Republican, in it's "Revised
Primer, refers to "The Herald as the
"Catapult". For once they are right
"The Herald" has been greater "cata-
pult" "a machine for throwing stones,)t
than they have any use or relish for
The political glass houses, in which
the promoters, supporters, owners and
controllers of that paper live, have been
sadly rlddled by the missiles thrown
by 1.-The Herald, not in spirit of rel
venge, but for the information of the |
public. A discerning public will there
fore see a new laurel for "The Herald, |
in what was meant to be term of OPP
probrlum. AS we well know, stone I
is far nobler thing to fling than mud.
"The Herald" has always kept clean
hands, using none but polished weap-
ons. For this it's readers are truly
thankful, and we trust it will never de-
viate from its noble course. "The True
Republicans" Revised Primer contains